Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Goodman
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 24, 1997No. 83279PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice.
¶ 1 On April 25, 1990 the plaintiff, Treva L. Johnson, timely commenced an action against the defendant, Maggie E. Goodman, seeking to recover for alleged bodily injuries from an automobile collision that occurred on April 26, 1988. The petition was signed by the plaintiff and her lawyer, who was neither licensed to practice law in Oklahoma nor admitted pro hoc vice. The lawyer continued to represent the plaintiff until, during a status conference in August 1990, the trial judge apparently discovered the problem regarding the lawyer’s professional status.
¶ 2 Concluding that the…
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